词汇 | cambridge flag |
词源 | Cambridge flag. A popular name for the first flag of the American Continental Army at the start of the Revolutionary War. Its official name was the Grand Union flag (because it had been patterned on the British Grand Union flag with its red and white stripes and crosses), but it was popularly called the Cambridge flag because it was first flown near Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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